Calendar and Change Working Time (Use default)

[Regis]

Hi

I set-up the calendar for a default start time at 8:30 AM and default end
time to 4:30 PM.

In the Change working time windows, I was expected the see that values when
'Use default' is set (in the ''Set selected date(s) to'' pan).
Unfortunately, the values still at 8:00 AM and 05:00 PM.

If I modified the values, that set automatically the Nondefault working time.

There is a way to do it or that default value cannot be modified.

I should mention that I'm using the MS-PROJECT 2003 trial version.

Thanks

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

Sorry, that default cannot be modified :-(

 

[Steve House]

Use set the "default" start and end times on the Tools, Options, Calendar
page. Those defaults do NOT change anything in the working times calendar
or modify its defaults. In fact, nothing on that entire page has any effect
on the working time calendar at all, contrary to what the names of the
fields appear to indicate.

Here's what it does do. First of all, make note that ALL date fields are
actually date/time fields. You may choose whether to display the times or
not but they're always going to be there. When you enter a task name and
duration, normally Project calculates its start and end date/time for you
based on the Project calendar, predecessor relationships, and resource
availability. But you may, for some particular reason, wish to set a
constraint on the task and one easy way to do it is to over-ride the
calculated start or end date with your own entry (and that's the only time
you should EVER enter something in those two columns). If you enter
something in the Start field, Project sets a Start No Earlier Than
constraint of the date you entered. But it also needs to know what time to
include in that entry as well. If you click in the Start field and select a
date from the little popup calendar, it uses your Project Calendar's working
hours to determine what time on the selected date to use. But if you
manually type in the date without explicitly including a time in your entry,
it uses whatever you've set as the "Default Start Time" on the calendar
options page.